Regan to be honored for milestone win

BANGOR — Old Orchard Beach boys basketball head coach John Regan will be honored for winning his 200th career game at the school at the Maine McDonald’s All-Star basekatbll weekend awards banquet tonight at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

OOB girls basketball head coach Dean Plante will also be part of the banquet, as he was named the Class C Coach of the Year.

Pistorius’ neighbor gives testimony

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — As the girlfriend he shot in the head lay dead or dying in his home, a weeping, praying Oscar Pistorius knelt at her side and struggled in vain to help her breathe by holding two fingers in her clenched mouth, a witness testified Thursday at the double-amputee runner’s murder trial.

“I shot her. I thought she was a burglar. I shot her,” radiologist Johan Stipp, a neighbor, recalled Pistorius saying. The worried neighbor had entered Pistorius’ home after hearing screams. By that time, the Olympian had carried Reeva Steenkamp’s bloodied body downstairs following the fatal nighttime shooting in his bathroom.

Fan runs on court, confronts coach

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A UC Santa Barbara basketball fan ran on the court and confronted Hawaii coach Gib Arnold during the Gauchos’ 86-77 victory over the Rainbow Warriors.

The male student stormed the court while Arnold was arguing with the referees after Hawaii’s Brandon Spearman was called for an intentional foul.

Hawaii forward Christian Standhardinger pushed the fan away from Arnold. Teammate Garrett Nevels also shoved away the fan, who gestured for the players to come after him as he backpedaled off the court.

“The student will obviously face legal action,” Santa Barbara athletic department spokesman Bill Mahoney said.

Coach K returns to Duke practice

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Coach Mike Krzyzewski was out of the hospital and at practice with No. 4 Duke after feeling light-headed during a loss at Wake Forest Wednesday night.

The 67-year-old Hall of Fame coach took a knee during a timeout in the second half of the game. He did not attend the postgame news conference.

Sheriff seeks charges for Hernandez

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts sheriff is seeking a criminal complaint against former NFL star Aaron Hernandez after a recent jail scuffle with another inmate.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson told Boston’s WHDH-TV Thursday the paperwork has been filed in district court. A clerk magistrate will review it.

Elbow surgery pioneer passes away

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Frank Jobe, a pioneering orthopedic surgeon who was the first to perform an elbow procedure that became known as Tommy John surgery and saved the careers of countless major league pitchers, died Thursday. He was 88.

Jobe died in Santa Monica after being hospitalized recently with an undisclosed illness, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Jobe performed groundbreaking elbow surgery on John, a Dodgers pitcher who had a ruptured medial collateral ligament in his left elbow.